By Matt Shifman and Bob Ehalt

Hot List Key:
 A: A preferred horse to watch                         B: Secondary horse to watch
*C: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 1st through 3rd
*D: Went down 2 or more betting notches and finished 4^th or worse
* - 4 or more betting notches if 11-1 or more.

1^st race [Clm 40000B, 1mi] – (2) Royal Bobbie (A) broke slowly, got far behind, and finished second to the winner who was loose on the lead. (1) Snide has two wins from her last three starts in a pair of starter allowances. (5) Street View comes back from a January layoff with solid allowance finishes showing. (6) Bow Draw was second in a $40,000 claimer last month following a short layoff.

3^rd race [Md Sp Wt, 6 ½ F] – (5) Cold Spell has a pair of second-place finishes in two career starts with one at Keeneland and the other at the June Saratoga meeting earning speed figures that tower over the rest of the field. (4) Fletch’s Rockette set the pace and finished fifth in a try on the turf going long at Gulfstream Park in March. She was third in her debut at Saratoga last year. (7) Lil Tipsy was second in June in a $100,000 maiden claimer at Churchill Downs one race after getting claimed for that same price. (3) Rose to Riches debuted last summer at the Spa at 5-1 and finished a close fifth.

4^th race [Clm 20000 N2L, 1mi] – (2) Twirly drops down after moving from turf to dirt for her 2026 debut, which was in a NY-bred allowance going seven furlongs. (5) Karey was second in a $55,000 claimer after getting taken for $20,000 in May. (3) Amelia’s Echo had a first and a pair of seconds when she raced in three claimers and was also taken for the $20,000 tag. (4) Margarita Molly is a NY-bred who will drop into the claiming ranks for the first time.

9^th race [Md Sp Wt, 1 1/16 mi TURF] – (5) Coordinator (B) was in tight early in May and rallied wide for second as an odds-on favorite and that was after a third in his Keeneland debut. (7) Bull Shoals was second last month at Saratoga in a full field. (8) Feline Curious was second twice since moving to the grass and had the lead in June at Saratoga before missing by a neck. (10) C J Star had a pair of top three outcomes at Aqueduct in his only starts of 2026.

Best bets: Cold Spell (3^rd); Coordinator (9^th). Best value: Royal Bobbie (1^st); Twirly (4^th).